The first Mononoke film was focused on the lower rank of concubines in the imperial harem. Thematically, it was about giving ...

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The Tang Dynasty (618–907 CE) is generally regarded as a golden age in imperial Chinese history. The dynasty’s greatness owes ...

Domestic cats first stepped paw in China more than a millennia ago, a new study has found. Their route in? Quite likely, the ...

A mid-18th century painting captures Maharaja Bakhat Singh, of the Rathore clan, engaged in Holi celebrations in a pool with ...

As The Apothecary Diariesanime draws close to the Season 2 Part 1 hiatus, it's hard not to look back on how this season has explored some of society's most uncomfortable and controversial topics with ...

The 16th-century Ottoman ruler Sultan Suleyman liked to impose himself on foreign monarchs from the start, always beginning ...

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